Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant Without Cc/Mcc in California

MS-DRG 244: Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant without cc/mcc

$116,670typical hospital bill

$18,697typical amount paid

$17,367–$28,760range paid across 11 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $116,670 for this stay in 2024, about 6.2 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian	Newport Beach	17	$65,799	$17,367
Enloe Health	Chico	17	$140,593	$17,502
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla	La Jolla	21	$140,705	$17,529
Adventist Health Bakersfield	Bakersfield	13	$116,670	$18,059
Sutter Roseville Medical Center	Roseville	18	$98,245	$18,651
Mercy Medical Center Redding	Redding	12	$109,838	$18,697
Good Samaritan Hospital	San Jose	21	$369,513	$20,177
Salinas Valley Health Medical Center	Salinas	13	$167,079	$21,228
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento	Sacramento	15	$96,913	$22,038
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center	Oakland	17	$97,861	$24,312
Stanford Health Care	Stanford	11	$224,057	$28,760

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.